Latvia

Smokefree legislation/initiatives

A limited smoking ban is in place. It covers indoor workplaces, offices, cinemas and theatres, all of which allow smoking rooms. It is banned in educational institutions (smoking rooms are allowed in universities), healthcare institutions (smoking rooms are allowed). A complete ban applies to the 10m zone around entrances to municipal and government buildings, at public transport stops and residential stairways. It is completely banned on public transport but smoking rooms are allowed on long-distance ships, trains and airplanes. Smoking rooms of no more than 50% total area are allowed in cafes, restaurants and other eating places. Smoking permitted in bars. Municipalities can restrict smoking in parks, squares, beaches and other similar places.

From 1 April 2010 smoking will be completely banned in cafés, restaurants and other indoor places serving food.

Available smokefree resources

Smokefree Partnership www.smokefreepartnership.eu
European Network on Smoking Prevention www.ensp.org
Ministry of Health www.vm.gov.lv/?id=291&top=291First, say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. Health Service Food and Human Resources: Duty free online cigarette sale

Famous quotes

The only ’safer’ cigarette is your last one.Duane Alan Hahn
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You own yourself, so if you want to do something that destroys yourself, go ahead. Just don’t harm others when you do.Jim Goebel
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To see what is right, and not do it, is want of courage, or of principle.Confucius
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If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you don’t actually live longer; it just seems longer. Clement Freud
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Smoking is a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.King James I of England
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Smoking kills. If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life. Brooke Shields
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I’ll tell you why I like the cigarette business. It cost a penny to make. Sell it for a dollar. It’s addictive. And there’s a fantastic brand loyalty.Warren Buffett
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If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you don’t actually live longer; it just seems longer. Clement Freud
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Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.Mark TwainRead more stop smoking quotes